Partly Cloudy. No not the weather – which is hot and sunny – but the Internet. Or at least my Internet.
Who knows if cloud computing is going to be around in 2 years. Or if it will take over computer based apps. I have tried some. Rejected some. And embraced others.
Big tropical thunder clouds:
- Most favorite cloud application is Gmail. For a year or so, I didn’t quite trust it and downloaded my email using Thunderbird. Then, I started only downloading my “important” email. Now – Gmail collects and takes care of all my email accounts. I even let it delete mail from my mail servers. I not longer have any computer based email programs.
- A cloud app that “just works” and that I completely forget about is DropBox. It keeps my passwords all sync-ed up between my two computers, each with a Ubuntu and XP partition. DropBox will do more and I may start using it for “offsite” backup.
- Foxmarks – now called Xmarks, I think. It keeps my browser bookmarks in sync. DropBox would do that too – but, I have been using Foxmarks since it was a beta.
Little fluffy cloud toys:
- Google Docs – I just use it for a few files.
- Remember the Milk – I am not that busy. But, if Alzheimer’s kicks in big time – I might need it.
- Google Voice – Don’t have very many friends – so I don’t get very many phone calls from real people.